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ADULT CRIME AGAINST PROPERTY AND PERSONS
The social aspects of blight in a neighborhood includ e
poverty, l ow income, low education, and conse qu en tly a higher
rate of alienation from the mainstream of society . This is
of ten evidenced by a lack of respect for the rules and mora ls of
the community through crime.
Crime, not unlike many of the other social indices of
blight, is a difficult characteristic to measure accurate l y. By
its very nature crime is concealed where possible and at best it
can be measured only where discovered. In addition, some types
of crime are more easily discovered and therefore more thorou g hly
recorded. It seems quite p ossi ble that the crimes most often
discovered and recorded are those committed by low income and un-educated
people such as c ri mes of violence and theft. The crimes
most ofte n associated with hi gher inc ome groups, the so-called
"white collar crimes" of embezzlement, extor ti on, and similar
crimes, are not of t en discovered or a t l east not prosecuted an d
recorded. This is confirmed somewhat in Apex in that not one
suc h crime is recorded by the local court for the survey p e ri o d .
In determining the crime rate in Apex neighborhoods, only
convictions recorded in the Apex Recorder's Court were used .
Crimes are plotted according to residence of offender. The table
below indicates the crime rate in each neighborhood, using the
number of crimes reported and the population of each neighborhood
to express the crime rate as crimes per 1000 population.
CRIME RATE PER 1000 POPULATION
l
Neighborhood -I-II- -I-V - -V-II-. VII I
No. of Convictions
2
6 4 4
Population 243 480 172 206
Convictions Pe r 1000
24.7 8 . 3
Population 23.2 4.8
1 On l y neighborhoods with reporteaicrimes are listed.
2 Sur vey period: July, 1967 - Aug ust , 1968.
Source: Apex Recorders Co urt.
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ADULT CRIME AGAINST PROPERTY AND PERSONS
The social aspects of blight in a neighborhood includ e
poverty, l ow income, low education, and conse qu en tly a higher
rate of alienation from the mainstream of society . This is
of ten evidenced by a lack of respect for the rules and mora ls of
the community through crime.
Crime, not unlike many of the other social indices of
blight, is a difficult characteristic to measure accurate l y. By
its very nature crime is concealed where possible and at best it
can be measured only where discovered. In addition, some types
of crime are more easily discovered and therefore more thorou g hly
recorded. It seems quite p ossi ble that the crimes most often
discovered and recorded are those committed by low income and un-educated
people such as c ri mes of violence and theft. The crimes
most ofte n associated with hi gher inc ome groups, the so-called
"white collar crimes" of embezzlement, extor ti on, and similar
crimes, are not of t en discovered or a t l east not prosecuted an d
recorded. This is confirmed somewhat in Apex in that not one
suc h crime is recorded by the local court for the survey p e ri o d .
In determining the crime rate in Apex neighborhoods, only
convictions recorded in the Apex Recorder's Court were used .
Crimes are plotted according to residence of offender. The table
below indicates the crime rate in each neighborhood, using the
number of crimes reported and the population of each neighborhood
to express the crime rate as crimes per 1000 population.
CRIME RATE PER 1000 POPULATION
l
Neighborhood -I-II- -I-V - -V-II-. VII I
No. of Convictions
2
6 4 4
Population 243 480 172 206
Convictions Pe r 1000
24.7 8 . 3
Population 23.2 4.8
1 On l y neighborhoods with reporteaicrimes are listed.
2 Sur vey period: July, 1967 - Aug ust , 1968.
Source: Apex Recorders Co urt.
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